#EDD197#EDD197

#EDD197 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.081 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDD197
RGB	rgb(237, 209, 151)
HSL	hsl(40, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(40, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 36.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.92, 1.69, 32.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.92, 32.43, 87.02°)
OKLab	oklab(87.07% 0.0071 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(87.07% 0.081 85)
XYZ	xyz(63.3127, 65.8422, 38.6459)
Luminance	0.6584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDD197 #97B3ED

analogous

#EDA697 #EDD197 #DEED97

triadic

#EDD197 #97EDD1 #D197ED

tetradic

#EDD197 #97EDA6 #97B3ED #ED97DE

square

#EDD197 #97EDA6 #97B3ED #ED97DE

split-complementary

#EDD197 #97DEED #A697ED

monochromatic

#DBA32F #E4BA63 #EDD197 #F6E8CB #FAF3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EDD197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#EDD197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDD197

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDD197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDD197	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC7C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edd197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 209, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.081 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4dfb6',
    500: '#edd197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edd197;
$custom-light: #f4dfb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edd197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.465,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87066,
    "c": 0.0809,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.6584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDD197

secondary

#5F82C9

accent

#51D313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDD197

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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